This book really did show us something—when it arrived in a large envelope from Japan after being lost for months. As one of our patrons put it to ABC News10, “That goes to show you how good and kind people can be.”

The saga of Eyewitness Travel Japan began when it was checked out on April 25. The patron who had checked it out reported it lost in May and paid a replacement fee.

Then an orange-and-white package with Japanese writing printed on it arrived at our office on August 8. It was postmarked July 17.

When we opened it, we found the book and a note that read “To Sacramento Public Library, I found and picked up the book Eyewitness Travel Japan near Ueno Station, Tokyo, Japan. And saw that the book was borrow from Sacramento Public Library. So I would like to send this book the place that was borrow.”

Now we’d heard that people in Japan are very polite and considerate, but this went above and beyond. Still, we didn’t expect our Facebook post thanking the person to become one of the most-shared stories we’d ever posted.

Or for several radio and television stations to do stories. Here’s the ABC News10 story on the book, and another by CBS affiliate KOVR. Both stories also traveled a great deal, appearing on local news stations around the country.